[BC] Dealing with the Brain Challenged

[Rich Wood]

------ At 10:44 AM 4/4/2010, Craig Bowman wrote: -------

>I could go on and on but you are correct when it comes to 
>training.  There is no training ground these days but
>likewise many "newbies" don't seem to have the passion or deference 
>for the end product to stray from their paradigms.  there is little 
>thinking out of the box these days.

Absolutely no argument there. In many cases they're penalized for 
creative thinking. Out-of-the-box ideas often fail and 
they're  usually called on the carpet for that failure. That doesn't 
inspire one to try again.

>I hate to start a "I remember when..." thread but, imagine if you were
>to loose a turntable in a two TT facility.  How many (of us) managed to
>que a new record on the same TT (in our headphones if you were lucky
>enough to have a board which allowed this) while doing a weather or
>reading a live spot and nailing the post?  Anything less would be
>unacceptable!  Ever had someone set your news on fire?  Did anybody
>outside the studio know?  I don't really see anyone with that kind of
>passion for what comes out of the radio.

Other than the matches being the same for lighting what little paper 
copy exists, today's digital systems don't allow all those tricks we 
prided ourselves on. Maybe stations should install the club DJ 
systems that allow repeated cuing of a phrase from a CD. Turntables 
are a piece of cake. Without advance preparation with digital one 
can't be spontaneous. Granted much of what we did would be classified 
as clutter but it was fun.

Like many of us who did shows when we were younger that let us be 
free we look back with fond memories. The shows were a reflection of 
us, good or bad. We pulled our own music and had to spend time off 
the air preparing our next show. That's when passion paid off.

Rich